This book is a good intro for someone who is interested in Isaac Asimov. This doesn't scratch the surface because Asimov wrote a lot of stories. It may not even be his "best" works because people have different opinions for what is his best. This is just a collection of his best known works. The physical book is put together with good quality even though it was printed about 30 years ago. Because it contains so many stories the book is pretty big but that isn't anybody's fault, it's just physics.